# How to manage WIFI settings via dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-manage-wifi-settings-via-dashboard/5593>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [8 December 2018 20:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-manage-wifi-settings-via-dashboard/5593 "2018-12-08T20:28:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![KirchnerAlex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kirchneralex/32/3877_2.png) [@KirchnerAlex](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/KirchnerAlex)\
**Post date:** [9 December 2018 20:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-manage-wifi-settings-via-dashboard/5593/9 "2018-12-09T20:12:10Z")

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So, i switched back to an "nativ" installation of node-red without snap.  
In this case i can use NMCLI directly from Node-RED

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/1/189a1ad3ae5606c598e7e80bbbef8e99721a2e8f.png)

I want to learn more about snapd, but at the moment i have not the time 😓

I switched to snap because i had problems with connecting to ttyUSB0, But for that i also have found a solution. See this post:

> [@Node-red-node-serialport 0.6.8 not working (0.4.2 do)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-node-serialport-0-6-8-not-working-0-4-2-do/5007):
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> Sorry about that generally topic, but i do not really know how to ask. I have a heatpump system with an USB-Interface which sends and receives simple Strings like "13 1234" Want ro read/write this strings. With my Device A it works Device B not works (no data in or out), but i have no idea why. When i Install the older version of the node-red-node-serialport node it works fine. But what can i try, that i can use newer version? THANK YOU Device A: Hardware NanoPi NEO2 Ubuntu core 16.04 L…

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